This week the vitriol seemed a bit less pungent

This week…Was it because it was the Easter/Passover week of hope and renewal? Or maybe the pent up pop of the release of the Mueller report? Whatever it was, the vitriol seemed a bit less pungent—or at least effective—with the tirdest of tropes and invectives being trotted out to educate and inspire the respected bases. If it wasn’t so serious, it would be just boring.

When reading these examples, check the above list and ask yourself: regardless of whether you agree or disagree, is this really advancing an intelligent resolution through the persuasive, rational arguments of advocacy…or simply fueling the fire of conflict through the divisive, emotional manipulations of polarization?

Here are just a few of the inspiring blue and red polarizing headlines from the past week.